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Re:Why Not All Great Hackepreneurs Get Picked By YC (he offe... by pg on Thursday April 05, 2007 @12:13PM (#9248)
Of his reasons, 1 and 2 are mistaken. If a startup with a single founder looks especially promising, we don't simply reject them; we get them to find one. And we have no bias toward consumer apps. Two of the most successful startups we've funded (neither is launched yet) are doing stuff for businesses. The reason we fund more consumer apps is simply that more apply.

BTW, we're soon going to announce a third plan B, which we hope will be a better alternative to this or Techstars: to work for a YC "alumni" company. While some (e.g. Loopt) are quite established, others are so new that you could be the first hire, which is very much like being a founder.

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Re:Why Not All Great Hackepreneurs Get Picked By YC (he offe... by dshah on Thursday April 05, 2007 @12:19PM (#9251)
I tried to be careful on point #1 and stated it as "leans heavily towards startups with 2 or more co-founders". I think this was a reasonably fair characterization, as I don't think you reject applicants purely on the fact that they are a sole founder.

Point taken on #2 (since I don't know what the applicant pool looks like, it was easy to guess that you have a bias towards consumer internet based on past selections).

I think it rocks that you're going to make another path available for folks to join existing YC alumni. This is a great idea. Yet one more reason for folks to consider applying to YC in the first place (i.e. it can be a channel to find more great people for the company).

I'm continually impressed.

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Re:Why Not All Great Hackepreneurs Get Picked By YC (he offe... by far33d on Thursday April 05, 2007 @02:14PM (#9310)
PG: Who's hiring? Is this going to be restricted to YC applicants?
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Re:Why Not All Great Hackepreneurs Get Picked By YC (he offe... by rwalker on Thursday April 05, 2007 @02:47PM (#9332)
Zenter is hiring - http://www.zenter.com. You can email us at [email protected]
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